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Snapshots of Ramanavami Music festivals

April 30, 2013, 9:47 am
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Rasikas lokking at the schedule of concerts outside Sri Jayaramaseva Mandali, Jayanagar

Entrance to the Fort High School grounds, Rama Seva Mandali, Chamrajpet

Prasadams just made and waiting for distribution at Sri Jayarama Seva Mandali hall

Houseful pandal at N R Colony Rama Seva Mandali

Vidvan R.K. Padmanabha along with his disciples at the N.R. Colony concert

The image of Rama at the Fort High School grounds

Seshadripuram college auditorium, houses five hundred rasikas every day

A section of audience at the Sri Vani Education Centre, Basaveshwara Nagar 
The nicely decorated entrance to the Rajarajeswari Nagar Welfare Association's festival venue 

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Evening of young musicians at Chamarajpet

May 1, 2013, 12:54 am
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Rama Seva Mandali holds its concerts in the sprawling Fort High School grounds.

The enclosures on all the sides make the ground appear like an indoor auditorium. They also prevent the traffic noise from entering the concert hall. The vehicles are allowed inside the grounds for parking, but the music inside the pandal is not affected.


When we enter the pandal on Monday early evening, Sandeep Narayan is elaborating the main raga Todi. With a stamp of Sanjay Subrahmanyam's voice and style, Sandeep lets the music flow. Yes, a disciple of Sanjay he is! Audience appreciate his gliding Sruti bhedam with a round of applause.

Sandeep ends his concert with a composition in Tamil.

Hosts of students of vidwan R.K. Padmanabha enter the auditorium. Also the senior accompanists, violinist S. Hemalatha, mridangam vidwan C. Cheluvaraju and ghatam vidushi Sukanya Ramgopal.


Bangalore's popular duo S.R. Vinay and K.V. Krishnaprasad are going to be in the  main concert.
Both are disciples of the senior vocalist - guru R.K. Padmanabha. Guests keep coming in and occupying the front seats at the pandal.

Bright and strong voices of the young vocalists fill the auditorium and the percussionists enliven up the concert with their trademark sparklers!
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Rakesh Chaurasia at Basaveshwara Nagar

May 1, 2013, 2:13 am
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Vani Education Centre has many Hindustani recitals in its list this season.
Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia's Bansuri concert is scheduled for the Monday evening.

We are told that  the maestro is advised rest by his doctors and so his nephew and disciple Rakesh Chaurasia would be in concert.

Sree Vani School auditorium always has a full house for the concerts. And it is so this evening too.


After playing the Hindustani flute for more than an hour and a half, young Rakesh announces that his 'quota' is over for the day and invites requests from the audience.
And requests pour in. Bhairavi, Bilaval, a Tulsidas Bhajan ...

Rakesh chooses to begin with Bhairavi and moves on making a garland of ragas as a ragamalika and ends with Desh. That fulfills most requests from the audience.
Happy listeners. Happy Rakesh. Happy organisers!
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National awards ceremony postponed at Sree Rama Seva Mandali

May 1, 2013, 8:18 pm
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The evening is scheduled to have a string of events at the Fort High School grounds.

The annual S.V. Narayanaswamy Rao memorial National awards are to be presented to the senior vocalist T.N. Seshagopalan and flutist N. Ramani.

The mangala vadyam recital scheduled at 4.15 p.m. is not on till 6 p.m. as we reach the venue. We see the senior nadaswaram vidwan Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman just arriving along with his team.


After a while, the arti is performed to the Sri Rama image and the nadaswaram recital begins.
No signs of the guests and awardees at the pandal.

S.N. Varadaraj, the general secretary of the mandali informs us that both the awardees of the evening, N.Ramani and T.N. Seshagopalan are unwell and undergoing treatment at different places. The award ceremony is postponed to another day, yet to be decided.

Vyasarpadi Kodandaraman begins with a varnam and moves on to Mayamalavagowla. It is time for us to catch up with a young artiste at Seshadripuram. We moved.
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Warm reception for Abhishek Raghuram at Seshadripuram

May 1, 2013, 9:41 pm
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This is the first time Abhishek Raghuram is performing at the Seshadripuram Rama Seva Samithi, says Revathi Tarakaram, the treasurer of the Samithi.

The Seshadripuram college auditorium is already full when we reach the venue. The organisers bring in more carpets to accommodate the rasikas standing at the fringes.


The community around this place takes in the cultural activities very well. The public holiday on May 1 draws people from the nearby neighbourhoods Malleswaram and Vasanth nagar. Ramakrishna and family with two young children sitting beside us tell us that they drive from Vidyaranyapura to this place whenever they can during the season.


Abhishek plunges deep into the main raga of the evening, Kalyani. Many sancharas in the raga alapana invite spontaneous applause. Bangalore violinist Charulatha Ramanujam enjoys every phrase of it and reproduces them with a smile on her face.

'Nidhi chala sukhama', the kriti emanates from Abhishek. The neraval, kalpanaswara at an unusual phrase creates curiosity among the rasikas. They follow it closely. Abhishek ends every swara phrase at the lyrics 'sumati  tyagaraja nutuni keertana sukhama' and the finale gets a huge round of appreciation.


The seasoned percussionists Neyveli Narayanan on the mridangam and Guru Prasanna on the Kanjira present a lively session in Misra Chapu tala.

Abhishek presents a short item in Brindavana Saranga and moves on to Sindhu Bhairavi. The audience reluctantly prepares to pack up for the day!
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The man who drives ideas at Jayarama Seva Mandali

May 11, 2013, 11:14 pm
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There are many key people who do lots of work for their mandalis at Sri Ramanavami time.
I met Gopalakrishna, the quiet but ambitious secretary of Jayarama Seva Mandali in Jayanagar a fortnight ago. 
Gopalakrishna, who retired from HAL devotes most of his time to this organization and the temple it manages. On early evening we chat at the hall where cooks have just finished making laddoos that will be given as prasadams later.
He tells us how a substantial amount of money has to be raised to run the Sri Ramanavami celebrations and the concerts.
And he pulls out a thick, nicely bound 2013-2014 Diary that is his baby. Well designed with lots of topical notes and captions and backed by multicolor adverts, the Diary is to be given to all their member ( some 300 of them) and it has helped to raise about Rs.6 lakhs.
"We have to think of news ideas to raise funds," he tells us. His colleagues who come up give him all the credit.
He gifts us a Diary and a small box of laddoos. And we appreciate the hospitality that this team offers to guests.
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Thanks for your feedback on Guide

May 11, 2013, 11:21 pm
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We want to say 'thank you' to dozens of rasikas who shared their feedback on our first publication for the Sri Ramanavami Music Fest - the KutcheriBuzz Guide - brought out this year.

Some key suggestions that came from you -
- Cover the concerts from the eve of Ugadi till mid-May of this season.
- Feature biopics of leading local artistes
- Enlarge biopics of top mandalis
- Circulate Guide as early as possible

Many rasikas found the Guide ' handy', 'timely', 'well designed', 'useful'.
We received feedback from rasikas on the spot at the Vani Academy venue in Basaweswaranagar.
Said one lady, "I was hoping there would be a handybooklet and here comes one!"

You can still mail your comments - to - kutcheribuzz@gmail.com

Thank you, once again from the KB team.



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Artistes are keen about promos . . .

April 12, 2014, 11:20 am
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We snapped this promo on a  flex banner hung inside the Sri Rama Temple and hall at Jaya Nagar's East End recently.
Promos are certainly becoming better and bigger over time.

Artistes too are more keen to have a say in the promos, we are told. It takes a couples of e-mails and phone calls to decide which image can be used for an artiste.

One mandali host says that this is one reason for delay in printing brochures.
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Award for vocalist Manda Sudharani

April 13, 2014, 11:06 am
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It is a Sunday and we decide to check out the Sri Rama Mandali in Sri Raja Rajeswari Nagar, at one end of the city.  It is a long ride to get there and our auto driver warns us of delays.




The annual Karaga Festival is on and the procession this evening is going to crawl and cover a good part of the city.

The Karaga fest is at the core of Bangalore; celebrated by a people who can be said to be the very early inhabitants of this region. As the metro grew, took a different shape and took care of other gods and goddesses, this fest has been celebrated by a small community.

It takes close to an hour to get across to our destination and we are greeted by the music of the flute in the shaman that has been put up on the local playground ( BEML 3rd Stage).

A aradhana to saint-composers Thyagaraja ana Purandaradasa had been held this morning but it dragged on and people went home only at 3 p.m., says the secretary of the Sri Raja Rajeswari Cultural Association which hosts the music fest for the season.

This is an evening to honor an artiste. And an award in the name of saint composer Purandaradasa is decorated on vocalist Manda Sudharani from Vizag in Andhra Pradesh.

The chief guest for the evening is a distinguished space scientist, Dr B N Suresh, who has been decorated by the country with the Padma Bhushana recognition. He is also a local resident.

The award ceremony is simple and short and once over, Sudharani presents a concert.
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Rain. Again.

April 13, 2014, 11:11 am
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What a relief these pre-monsoon showers bring to us!

The temperature in Bangalore had hovered around 35/36degrees and created a climate that is peculiar to this place - stifling heat and occasional waves of low chill.

Just after 7 p.m. on Sunday (April 13) the heavens opened and to muted sound of thunder the rain lashed. We were at the pandal in Sri Raja Rajeswari Nagar and the emcee on stage, Brinda said in the passing that the award to the artiste of the evening in the name of Purandaradasa had brought good tidings.

The rain stopped in less than 7 minutes but it was enough to cool the city and make the late evening enjoyable.
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Who is still the big star?

April 14, 2014, 10:32 am
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So who is still a big star at the Sri Ramanavami concerts in Bangalore?
If you go by the attendance then this far it is the veteran K J Yesudoss.

At the Sree Ramanavami Mandali concert at Chamarajpet, the organizers had to arrange makeshift arrangements for rasikas after the tent which can accommodate about 6000 people was over flowing.

The concert took place this past week and though the hosts are well aware of the big attraction that Yesudoss is they didn't expect this big a number.

Mandali hosts say that lots of Keralites still want to listen to him and since his concerts are rare, they come in when the opportunity is there.

The big challenge for the hosts was to regulate the fans when the artiste had to leave the venue.


"There are some diehard fans who sport a beard and even copy the mannerisms of Yesudoss,"says a Mandali team member. "It is amazing!".

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Hyderabad Bros. in concert

April 14, 2014, 10:44 am
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The Hyderabad Brothers - Seshachary and Raghavachary - in concert on April 14, Monday at the Sree Ramaseva Mandali music festival at Chamarajpet.
The second photo shows a section of the audience in the front rows.


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A break in Seshadripuram; for polling

April 14, 2014, 10:47 am
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One mandali will have to take a break this week.

Since the venue used by the Seshadripuram-based mandali is the famous College here and it is a key polling station, the venue will be used for the poll on April 16 and 17, the latter being the polling day in this state.

So the hosts have shuffled the two concerts that were due, to a later date.

Concerts at other venues which are on till the end of the month will go on as planned.
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The OST concert in Seshadripuram

April 15, 2014, 5:06 am
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The classical rasika has a list of senior artistes on his mind when it comes to concert choices. One of them is O S Thyagarajan.

OST as he is known all over presented a concert at the Seshadripuram College campus on Monday, April 14 evening with G Chandrmouli on violin, Umayalpuram Mali on the mridangam and Srishyla on the ghatam.

Though the concert went on till about 9.30 p.m. there were about 200 people who stayed on till the end.

Among them was Hariharan. This keen rasika is a station master with the South Western Railway and when he gets his 'off' he attends concerts. "I never got a chance to learn music but I follow it closely,"he said.

Hariharan also collects the autographs of artistes - on brochures, invitation cards and small books that he carries with him. He proudly showed me the signature of Dr. Balamuralikrishna he collected sometime ago.

On Monday evening he collected the signatures of OST and Umayalpuram Mali.

The photos featured here are of OST concert, the artistes receiving prasadam after the event and rasika Hariharan shows his collection of autographs.


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Music, dance at Koramangala

April 15, 2014, 5:17 am
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Here are a few photos that Raghvendra Kulkarni shared with KutcheriBuzz.
These are of events hosted by the Sri Rama Seva Mandali of Koramangala.

The first is of Sandeep Narayan's concert held on Saturday, April 12. The other two photos were shot on the last evening of the music and dance festival ; Rashmi Ravishankar presented and solo and then, the Tarangini dance troupe went on stage.




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Challenges in Koramangala

April 15, 2014, 5:30 am
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The face of Koramangala shows itself after dusk. A time when the billboards come alive, the signboards of stores, restaurants and malls scream and when the pathways are packed with young people.

This is probably the most cosmopolitan of Bangalore, since the people who work in the IT sector hail from all parts of the country and most are young.

Classical music has a small band of followers here. So Dinakar Rao, the secretary of the Sri Rama Seva Mandali here says he and his team has to be satisfied with a small audience for the music festivals.

Partnering Indian Heritage Centre which has two small halls on its premises, the mandali sets up the Sri Rama shrine in one, has the music concerts there and the dances, only on the final evening are held in a  slightly bigger hall.

Photo; Secy. of Sri Rama Seva Mandali, Koramangala, Dinakar Rao.
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April 15 in Seshadripuram: pancha veena concert

April 15, 2014, 5:49 am
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Interesting concert at Seshadripuram this evening ( April 15).
A pancha veena concert.

Veena artistes D. Balakrishna, Geetha Ramanand, Revathi Murthy, Manjula Surendra and Vani Yedunandan are featured.
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Pavandeep in Rajaji Nagar

April 15, 2014, 8:19 am
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It was a cool evening, the day after heavy rains in Bangalore. 
We were at Rajaji Nagar Rama Mandir. At the concert of C K Pavandeep's concert.

He provided us showers of swaras for Bhairavi, Latangi and Kamas. 

The concert started with the dasar pada Odibaraiyya in Bhairavi. The short and sweet Latangi with Kamas Brochevarevarura was a nice treat to the audience. 

The concert hall was full and Pavandeep managed to hold the rasikas' attention to the end.

- Report by P. Narasimha
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Geetha Ramanand, Revathi Murthy on veena

April 17, 2014, 9:34 am
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A concert on the veena by Geetha Ramanand and Revathi Murthy at the Sri Raja Rajeswari Nagar Cultural Association's music festival. This concert took place on April 14 evening in Bangalore.
Photo by Srimatha Ramanand.

- KutcheriBuzz invites you too to share photos taken at the Sri Ramanavami concerts that you attend. Mail to - kutcheribuzz@gmail.com

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Five veena artistes, one concert

April 21, 2014, 8:52 am
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Five veena artistes on stage.
That was the picture on April 15 at the Seshadripuram College open air concert space.
D. Balakrishna, Geetha Ramanand, Revathi Murthy, Manjula Surendra and Vani Yedunandan made for the pancha-veena concert that evening.
They do not perform together often but when invited, they rehearse and then take the stage.

All of them belong to the Doreswamy iyengar bani - Balakrishna is the maestro's son,  Geetha and Revathy are disciples of his prime disciple, Krishnamurthy. The other two are sishyas of Balakrishna. All are in Bangalore.

- Reported by Srimatha Ramanand

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